Player Dossier

2018-2020

Oregon State

Jermar Jefferson

RB • 5'10" • 217 lbs • Harbor City, CA, USA

Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover

Jermar Jefferson leans workhorse runner traits and 64.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

83%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a back

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Reliability

83

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

91

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Oregon State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Utah

Player Story

Jermar Jefferson built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a running back from Harbor City, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Jermar Jefferson's career was his backfield...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8619

Narbonne · Redondo Beach, CA

Committed To
Oregon State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 30
Overall
No. 257
NFL Team
Detroit Lions

Jermar Jefferson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Oregon State. Jermar Jefferson leans workhorse runner traits and 64.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,223
Rushing yards
2,924
Receiving yards
299
Touchdowns
29

Quick Answers

Jermar Jefferson quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,223
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 27 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Oregon State
Top game
Southern Utah
Recruit profile
3-star · Narbonne · Oregon State
High school pipeline
Narbonne · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 7 · Pick 30 · Detroit Lions
Latest roster
No. 6 · Junior
2020 Scrimmage yards rank
925 scrimmage yards · RB 26th (top 5%) · Pac-12 2nd (top 2%) · National 43rd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonOregon State121,5281,3811471280.9
2019 Regular SeasonOregon State9770685851060.3
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State692585867775.7

Related Context

Jermar Jefferson played RB for Oregon State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jermar Jefferson recorded 2,924 rushing yards, 299 receiving yards, and 29 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Oregon State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Oregon State paired 1,528 primary output with 60.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 64.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Oregon State

Games

6

Scrimmage Yards / G

154.2

Efficiency

64.9

Usage

42.5

Consistency

77.2

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Washington State: 170. Washington: 134. California: 196. Oregon: 235. Stanford: 87. Arizona State: 103

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington State: 26 by 63. Washington: 24 by 59.4. California: 18 by 95.4. Oregon: 31 by 80.3. Stanford: 19 by 46.9. Arizona State: 24 by 44.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins215.5 · Games = 2 · +92 vs Losses
Losses123.5 · Games = 4 · -92 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Oregon

Best efficiency game

95.4 vs California

Result
Sun 12/20vs Arizona State100 rush yardsL 33-46241034.3004.3
Sun 12/13vs StanfordL 24-2718804.400174.6
Sat 11/28vs Oregon100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 41-38292267.802297.6
Sat 11/21vs California100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 31-271819610.90110.9
Sun 11/15@ Washington100 rush yardsL 21-27231335.801115.6
Sun 11/8vs Washington State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 28-38211205.7035506.5

Player Story

Jermar Jefferson story

Jermar Jefferson built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a running back from Harbor City, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Jermar Jefferson's career was his backfield work: 2,924 rushing yards, 514 carries, 27 rushing touchdowns, and 299 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Oregon State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 299 receiving yards and 32 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State.

The arc is straightforward: Jermar Jefferson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Oregon State

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOregon State1,52860.134.8
2019 Regular SeasonOregon State7704629.3-758
2020 Regular SeasonOregon State92564.942.5155

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Utah

Week 2 · W 48-25

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

265

Scrimmage Yards

98.1 takeover

265 scrimmage yards and 38.5 usage.

#2

vs Oregon

Week 13 · W 41-38 · Conference game

235

Scrimmage Yards

93.4 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

235 scrimmage yards and 46.3 usage.

#3

@ Arizona State

Week 5 · L 24-52 · Conference game

254

Scrimmage Yards

93.3 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

254 scrimmage yards and 46.3 usage.

#4

vs California

Week 12 · W 31-27 · Conference game

196

Scrimmage Yards

92.9 takeover

Win with 196 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

196 scrimmage yards and 43.9 usage.

#5

@ Washington State

Week 13 · L 53-54 · Conference game

184

Scrimmage Yards

90.4 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

184 scrimmage yards and 43.6 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Oregon State

1,528 primary output · 60.1 efficiency · 34.8 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Oregon State

75.7

925 primary · 64.9 efficiency · 42.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Oregon State

60.3

770 primary · 46 efficiency · 29.3 usage

Milestones

15

100+ rush yards

8

150+ scrimmage yards

8

2+ TD games